The group piled into their limo and headed off. Lauren apologized to Kimberley for having disappeared earlier. Then asked where they were going."Don't even tell her!" Justin said looking at al his friend. They pulled up to the front of what looked like a warehouse."Justin, where the hell are we?" Lauren asked."Trust me" Justin said laughing at her impatience."Well I guess I'll have to get used to that doing that soon anyway.""And when you are touring with us it will help if you trust me.""Okay wait when were you planning on telling her that Lauren was defiantly coming with us?" Lance jumped in."I guess right now. Sorry!" Justin said."Yeah, I am coming if it is okay with ya'll." Lauren said. They all shook their heads yes, then started to climb out of the cab. Justin and Lauren were the only two still in the cab. "Okay, I guess I can tell you now. This is a club, we are going in the back so that we can kind of sneak in I guess you would say." Justin explained."But Justin, we aren't 21 and as far as I know there are no 18+up clubs in Indiana."Justin looked at his friend and giggled. "Lauren, don't worry about. I took care of it." Justin said getting out of the limo and helping Lauren out. Then they all entered the club and found the table they had reserved in a far corner. Justin held out a chair for Lauren and then being a true gentleman held out one for Kimberley, and sat down between them. Sitting around the table were Lauren to her left sat Lance, then JC, Joey,Chris,Kimberley, and Justin. They all sat for a few minutes to talk then JC,Joey, Chris, and Kimberley got up to dance. "Not going to dance too?" Lauren asked Lance and Justin."Yeah, you know me. I'll go bust a move in a few minutes." Justin said.Lauren laughed then looked to Lance."I don't dance a lot," Lance said "HA HA, By what I saw on the tapes Justin sent me you do plenty of dancing.""Yeah but that is different. What about you? You aren't dancing either." "Oh, I dance I just like to get the feel of the club or dance place first." They sat there a few minutes and talked. Lauren heard the first few notes of "Brown Eyed Girl". Justin jumped up and grabbed Lauren's hand. As he was leading her to the dance floor she yelled to Lance "Well I guess I have the feel for the club." Justin and Lauren danced about an hour and she had finally convinced him to go sit down and get a drink when the song "I Will Remember You" came on. They were half way to the table when she heard it. Stopping in her tracks she could feel Justin grab her hand and start to lead her back to the dance floor. When they got there he said, "Come on. We always dance to this song. Or at least we used to. And you always have the CD playing in the background when you are on the phone." Then thought to himself 'I know she loves this song.' Lauren shook her head in agreement and slipped her arms around Justin's neck. She laid her head on his chest, and thought about how lucky she was to have such a great best friend.
"What would Chrissy say about this?" Lauren asked, trying not to cry. She really was so happy to be there. She wished she did not have to go back to school. But knew that in a few weeks she would be back with the group. She really got along with the guys and the seemed to like her too. She jumped reality when Justin answered her question."She understands about our friendship and that there's nothing to be jealous of. Come on let's sing. I haven't heard that pretty voice of yours in a while. Sing for me PLEASE???" They swayed as Lauren started to sing. As the song ended Justin lead her back to the table and they sat down for a few minutes. A couple hours later Lauren was exhausted. Back at her hotel room she quickly showered and changed. She thought about the club. Somehow she managed to dance with each of the guys. It seemed that every time she sat down one of them asked her to dance. She had danced to more fast songs then she could remember and her feet ached. Lauren could not remember all of the songs she had danced with and the few she did remember she couldn't think of whom she had danced with. But there was one song she remembered,thinking about it she remembered Lance asking her to dance and how
they had headed out to the dance floor at the end of an upbeat song but when they got there the music slowed down. When the song "The Dance" came on.
At the same time Lauren and Lance both said they loved this song. Lance shyly asked her to dance. She accepted, as Lance slipped his arms around her waist and she slipped her arms around his neck. Lying in her bed at the hotel she could still feel where his arms had been. It had felt so right to have him that close. Lauren thought 'I wonder what he was thinking while we danced.' When the song ended she remembered that they had stayed together for a few extra seconds. She remember Justin picking on her about the dance but she hoped that he had not picked on Lance,because she would have been embarrassed and she was sure Lance would have been too. Lauren slowly drifted to sleep, thinking about the club and the group.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next Door ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lance had changed into his pajama pants and slipped off his shirt. He laid down on his bed thinking 'Man, I can still feel her in my arms. It felt so good. And she smelled like roses.' "Lance what are you thinking?" he said to himself in the dark then thought 'She is Justin's friend, and almost like a sister to him. She'll be on tour with us this summer. I can't try anything with her. Justin would probably kill me for even thinking about it. Just give it up. She did not even seem to enjoy the dance as much as you did.' He moaned to himself and what had just occurred in his mind. 'JUST GIVE IT UP!' he yelled in his own mind, then sighed lightly and rolled over in bed and went to sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Justin's room ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Justin turned his cell phone on and called Chrissy. He looked at the clock, 2 A.M. Finally a voice answered "Hello" "Hey sweat heart!" Justin answered cheerfully."Hey, Justin" the voice said more awake. "Why are you calling? "What I can't just call and say I Love You and that be the only reason I called?" Justin said pretending to have his feelings hurt."I love you too!" Chrissy said. She looked at her clock and thought
'Does he ever call at a normal time?'"Lauren's going with us on tour this summer."
"That is great. I will finally get to meet her. Honey, I am really sorry but I have a paper and stuff to do tomorrow and I was planning on getting up in a few hours to work on it. So I really need to go back to sleep. Can we talk tomorrow in the morning or afternoon?""Honey it is tomorrow. But yeah, I understand. Talk to you later.""BYE!" Chrissy said.Justin turned off the phone and light, then fell back onto the bed. 'Man it's been a long day!' he thought 'I am really happy with Chrissy, I love
her so much!' His thought drifted to Lance 'What is that boy up to?
He seems to really like her, but he isn't trying to make a move. I wonder if Lauren likes him. Dang I hate not knowing stuff. I really wonder what would happen if they hooked up. Justin,' he yelled to himself 'is Lauren ready to have a relationship? Well he could help her overcome her problems. But if he hurts her I will kill him. Why am I worrying about this right now? They just met, and sleep is majorly important at this point. Go to sleep' he laughed as he turned over in bed and thought of the conversation that had just occurred in his head. 'Maybe I am losing my mind!' Justin thought then closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.
